DORIS BEIK, who died in May 1988, was a librarian at Columbia University and Swarthmore College. Her work as a translator includes Madame de Staël's Ten Years of Exile. PAUL BEIK is Centennial Professor Emeritus in the History Department at Swarthmore College. His published work includes The French Revolution Seen from the Right; Louis Philippe and the July Monarchy (with Doris Beik), and Modern Europe: A History since 1500 (with Laurence Lafore).

• PrefaceCHAPTER ONE from Women Travelers (1835)Women TravelersCHAPTER TWOTo the PeruviansOutbreak of a Peruvian RevolutionCamp FollowersScenes from a Civil WarA Sugar RefineryThe Women of LimaCHAPTER THREE The BallA Romantic EncounterA Fated Alliancefrom A Proletarian's StoryThe Women of the FutureHopeCHAPTER FOUR from Promenades in London (1840)The Monster CityA Visit to teh Houses of ParliamentFactory WorkersProstituesA Visit to a Progressive PenitenitiarySaint Giles Parish (The Irish Quarter)The Jewish QuarterThe Races at Ascot HeathEnglish WomenMen's ClubsCHAPTER FIVE from Workers' Union (1843)To All Workers, Men and WomenHow to Constitute the Working ClassWhy I Mention WomenResume of the Ideas Contained in This BookCHAPTER SIX from The Tour of France (1843-44)Early Overtures to Parisian WorkersThe Riverboat to AuxerreInterview with the Bishop Of DijonIntuition at Lyon: The Impossible TaskVisit to a HospitalSilk Workers and Other TradesRadical Thoughts while Visitying Lyon ChurchesThe Croix-Rousse Working-Class QuarterSoldiers in a Cafe in Saint-Etienne'Confrontation with a Hostile JournalistThe People of AvignonAt the Port ofMarseille: First ImpressionsToulon, with changes of MoodReturn to MarseilleThe Bishop of NimesThe Washerwomen of NimesThe Relevance of 1789The Watch StoryA Police StoryChHAPTER SEVEN Flora Tristan's Legacy:Final Sketches for the preface and Dedication of her intended BookSELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX